R.I.P. Agha Abdul Qadir Ahmadzai
Standard · Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
I was deeply saddened to learn about the death of former Balochistan minister for local government Agha Abdul Qadir Ahmadzai. He was a truly educated figure of Balochistan who also served as a member of the Balochistan Public Service Commission. He remained a minister in the small cabinet of former Chief Justice-turned-governor Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal soon … Read more
Master Liaquat
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Some of my close friends, such as Muatasim Qazi, know for how long I have been planning to write this piece. This is meant to pay tribute to one of my best (living) teachers ever. We, as a society, still need a lot to raise the respect of our teachers. They have all enormously contributed … Read more
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Social Entrepreneurship in Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Senior Executive Vice President of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Imam Baksh Baloch, a native of Panjgur, inaugurated a forty-bed private Shaeed Javid Medical Complex hospital in Balochistan’s border district of Panjgur. It is the biggest hospital ever constructed in the entire Mekran region. This grand project in the health sector has been … Read more
Qazi in Town
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 14, 2010 · 1 Comment
Muatasim Qazi is an aspiring journalist from Balochistan who is currently enrolled at Everett Community College under the Community College Initiative Program of the U.S State Department. The Initiative brings young professionals to American community colleges for a period of ten months for a non-degree program. Qazi belongs to my home town, Panjgur, one of … Read more
PANJGUR DIARY: Abid Shah-II
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 11, 2010 · 2 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Dr. Abid Shah and I went to the sme English langauge class at the American English Language Center in February 1996. Known now as the Oasis Academy, the then American English Language Center of Sir Zahir Baloch, is indeed the greatest thing that has ever happened to Panjgur. Educated in the … Read more
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PANJGUR DIARY: Dr. Abid Shah
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar I am not kind of anti-cliché. Clichés sound good only if they are repeated at a pertinent time. One such statement that I have repeatedly cited while writing about Balochistan is by Martin Niemoller about, according to Wikipedia, the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and purging … Read more
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Religion as a panacea for Baloch nationalism
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on May 21, 2010 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Striking Quetta’s Civil Hospital on April 16, 2010, a young Baloch suicide bomber, Haq Nawaz Baloch, killed at least eleven people, including two top police officials and a television journalist. This attack was dissimilar from ones previously carried out by Baloch nationalist guerrilla fighters against government installations and its security forces. … Read more
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Children of the conflict
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 3, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial January 4th, 2010 By Malik Siraj Akbar With the commencement of the new year, 2010, children of the missing Baloch persons have established a hunger strike camp in front of Quetta Press Club. The composition of the camp is very diverse. These children come from different districts of Balochistan. Their ‘missing’ … Read more
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Gillani and shutter down strike meet in Gwadar
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Baloch Hal Editorial December 30th, 2009 By Malik Siraj Akbar Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani visited the Baloch port town of Gwadar on Tuesday. In his two-day visit, the primer would inaugurate an international airport in Gwadar and many other “development projects”. It was the first visit of the head of the federal … Read more
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How Panjgur is losing the battle
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 25, 2009 · 54 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar I have not been blogging for the past few days. I was in my hometown of Panjgur to celebrate the Eid festivities. Panjgur is located on Pakistan-Iran border. For a long time, the place has been popular for its delicious dates. People no longer flaunt about the dates of Panjgur nowadays … Read more
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